Bush Fires
DROUGHT, fire and food are the enemies against whose attacks the settler has always to be on the alert. As this season of the year bush fires are a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
339 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 17
The Bush Fires. Extinguished by Rain. Further Particulars
THE bush fires which have recently been raging over almost the whole of the State have practically been extinguished by the recent rain which has fallen over a large area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Disastrous Bush Fires. Proposed Relief to Sufferers
We have received the following communication, dated January 4, 1905, from Mr. Niel Ni[?]lern, M.P.:— Dear Sir,—As soon as I saw the reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Bush Fires Enormous Losses of Crops, and Grass Millions of Pounds Damage a Terrible New Year's Day
WHEN one commences to write the story of the big fires which have blackened the country from Albury to Adelong, and from thence to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Many Homesteads in Ruins. the Town of Burrowa Threatened. Great Destruction of Crops
The [?] disastrous bush [?] over known in this portion of the district broke [?] on Friday last, in the vicinity of Douglas Gap. Particulars of the bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Wire. Relief for Burnt-out Stock Sydney
The Minister for Lands has given instructions that sufferers from the bush fires may temporarily depasture stock on reserv [?] not under tenure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Disastrous Bush Fires Heavy Losses in Yass District.the Gatherings of Years Swept Away in a Few Minutes
The year 1905 was ushered in with a “fiery baptism” that will not be forgotten in the present generation. The dying days of the December of 1904 saw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Young District
The Young district has been called upon to [?] its where of lose owing to a fire which started on Sunday morning, and reached such [?] that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wallen dbeen Outbreak A Great Blaze
On Saturday an outbreak originated in a paddock on the Mackay estate, at Wallendbeen, and spread rapidly to Messrs. N. Graham, J. Buchanan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Argyle Liberal, and District Recorder Impartial—Not Neutral. Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man. Friday, January 6, 1905. Bush Fires. Houses, Stock, Crops, and Grass Destroyed
The close of the year 1904 will long be remembered by residents of the Crookwell district, as they were visited by the most disastrous bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Young to Yass. a Blackened Waste of Fire-swept Country Holdings Cleaned Out
We shall, however, perforce have to be content with giving some details of the local outbreaks. The first of which occurred on Friday last in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Bush Fires
Now that the disastrous bush fires have been extinguished, it is possible to form a fairly accurate estimate of the damage that has been wrought. In some districts fearful havoc was caused, but happily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. More Fatalities Reported
The ravages of fire in the southern districts, and especially about Wagga and Gundagai and the intermediate and surrounding districts, have been of the most devastating character, and nothing so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Relief for Owners of Burnt-out Stock
Mr. J. Collman, Stock Inspector, has received the following telegram from the Under-Secretary:—Minister approves that sufferers from conflagration may…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Careless Use of Fire
The Commonwealth has thus early in the new year witnessed moat destructive bush fires, unhappily attended with loss of life. With the hot months to follow, it is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Light on the Chicago Fire
An interesting little story is being told relative to the great Chicago fire. It does not deny the time-honoured tradition that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lamp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. Robertson, P.M. Careless Use of Fire
James Smith was charged with igniting inflammable material within three yards of grass land at Sawpit Gully on the 1st instant, whereby certain property was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires
THE country traversed by the fires of last week is in a terrible condition, and holders are at a loss to know what is best to be done to feed their stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. Some More Details
The complete details published in Thursday’s “Tribune” of the course and ravages of the bush fires which swept the Douglas, Garangula, and Yass and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attendance of Brigades at Fires
IT will be interesting to the public to know that it is not necessary for a fire brigade to attend a fire outside the metropolitan area unless the cost incurred by the brigade is…
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